I'm glad this is being brought up as a problem instead of being covered up.

[LiberalLoner]

http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/153923/the_invisible_war_of_military_women_/

[Scuba]

1. 19,000 military women raped each year. We should be so ashamed.

[LiberalLoner]

2. If you read the posts at the article, it's beyond sickening.

I get the feeling our society is becoming ever more misogynistic.

[denbot]

3. This is a top down problem.

Until the service academies start charging sexual assualts as felonies with harsh time in Levenworth, this problem will continue to be swept under the rug. The president should make sure that the Joint Chiefs know that this should be a priority.

[MADem]

4. Precisely. nt

[BadtotheboneBob]

5. The VA has a big push on for treating 'Sexual Trauma'

http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/military-sexual-trauma-general.asp

The VA hospital I recieve weekly treatments at (ironically, the only one named for a woman, the Aleda E. Lutz VAMC, Saginaw MI) was pamphlets and posters openly displayed and also a 'coordinator' whose picture and position is displayed on their nifty new electronic in-house info boards. The VA is trying seriously to address this...